HUMSU Halloween Trivia Night 2026

Film

100

This was the first film to be released in technicolor.

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

200

These four major American performing arts awards make up the acronym “EGOT”.

Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony

300

This actress originated the role of Eurydice on Broadway. 

Eva Noblezada 

400

This country had a neorealist cinematic movement following World War 2.

Italy

500

In the 2001 film Legally Blonde, Elle Woods replies, “What, like it’s hard?” when asked how she got into this Law school.

Harvard Law

Art & Material Culture

100

This is the contemporary art gallery located at SFU Burnaby near the upper bus loop. 

The Gibson Museum 

200

Some of this artist’s painted works include: “Saint Jerome in the Wilderness“ (1480-1490), “Lady with an Ermine” (1489-1491), and the “Mona Lisa” (1502-1516).

Leonardo da Vinci

300

This large palace on the island of Crete was discovered and controversially reconstructed by archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans.

Palace of Knossos/Palace of Minos

400

This Ancient Greek architectural style featured columns having acanthus leaf capitals. 

Corinthian 

500

A dye of this colour was extracted from the mucus of sea snails by the Romans (and other ancient peoples); it was very expensive and associated with royalty.

(Tyrian) Purple

Hellenism & Mythology

100

The author of The Odyssey and The Iliad. 

Homer 

200

This Roman general famously crossed the Rubicon river to seize power in Rome. 

Julius Caesar 

300

Minerva is the Roman equivalent of this Greek deity. 

Athena

400

This tragic play by Sophocles involves a woman who disobeys the king of Thebes in order to bury the remains of her brother. 

Antigone

500

This island is where the Greek poet Sappho, known for lyricism and poems depicting lesbian relationships, hailed from. 

Lesbos

Intellectual Culture & Religion

100

This spinning toy is associated with the Jewish holiday “Hanukkah”.

Dreidel

200

These TWO authors wrote the “Communist Manifesto”, published in 1840.

Karl Marx and Frederick Engels 

300

This philosopher famously stated, “I think, therefore I am”.

Renee Descartes

400

This new religious movement was founded by an American Sci-Fi author in the 1950s.

Scientology 

500

This goddess in the Shinto religion is considered the “Sun Deity” and is the most important Kami (divine spirit) that is the ancestor of the Japanese Imperial family. 

Amaterasu Ōmikami

Halloween

100

This defining feature makes Stephanie Meyers’ vampires from Twilight unique to their other blood-sucking counterparts. 

Sparkling skin

200

This US city is known as the ”capital of witchcraft”.

Salem, Massachusetts 

300

The first Jack-o-lanterns were carved from this vegetable.

Turnips

400

Halloween originates from this Celtic festival.

Celtic festival of Samhain

500

This candy made in the 1880s was originally called “chicken feed”. 

Candy corn